Carbonating apparatus.



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MW mu 'UNITED QFFEE CHABLES L. BASE IAN, OF CHICAGO, IIJZJ'N'OIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE BASTIAN-BLESSING CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF' ILLINOIS.

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,To all whom it may concern: v 7

Be it known that I, GHAms L. BAs'rIAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and ifisetul Improvements in Carbonating Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in carbonating apparatus in which carbonic acid gas under pressure is combined with water, or other liquid, to produce a carbonated beverage.

The object of the invention is to provide an automatic machine of simple construc; tion which will operate and govern itself automatically to. regulate the inflow of liquid and gas whereby to maintain a mined quantity of carbonated liquid in the v tion of-the machine: ction.

tank.

A further object of the invention is to provide an agitator for mixing'the water and gas and which is automatically open ated by the inflow of water and also by the inflow of gas to the tank.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention Figure 1 is a front-eleva- Fig. 2 is a side eleva- Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the tank on the line 4- 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the tank on. the line 55 of Fig. 1, at a right angle to the section of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional View on the line 66 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail sectional 'view showing the bearing for the agitator shaft in the tank and the connection of the supply pipethereto.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 8-8 of Fig. 3.

' Referring to the drawings, 9 is a tank in which the water and gas are mixed and this tank is supplied with water through a pipe An agitator is arranged within the tank and it comprises a revoluble distributing pipe ll (Figs. 4, 5) suitably journaled. in

the walls of the tank and connected at one end to the water pipe 10 and at the other.

end to the gas supply pipe 15.- :Shutbfi valves 10 and 15 are preferably-provided adjacent to thetank the water-and as pipes,' respectively,' (Fig. 6). A plurality Specification of Letters Patent. Batented Aug. Application filed November 23, 1908. Serial No. 464,104.

redeter-' of discharge pipes 16 are'connected to the p pe 1 1 within the tank 'and,each of said pipes projects outwardly at- 16 at a'right angle to the shaft audit is provided with a curved end 16". All of said discharge pipes are constructed alike-and their curved discharge .ends are turned in the same direction so that'whenever water or gas is admitted to the distributing pipe it will be discharged therefrom through .thecurved pipes and thereby cause saidpipes and dis-. tributing pipe to-revolve and produce an agitation of the liquid within the tank. A balanced tank 17 is connected at its top by a. hose 18 and valved connection 18 to the tank, near the top thereof, and this balanced tank is connected at its bottom by a pipe 19 and valved connection 197 to'the'tank near its bottom so that the same level-of liquid will be maintained in the balanced tank as in the main tank substantially at all times. A gage glass 20 is arranged between the connections 18, 19 and a pressure vgage 20 is arranged above the connection 18 and connected therewith, by aconnection 20". This tank is swung from one end of a lever 21 which is pivotally mounted at 22 on the tank and carries at its other-end an adjustable weight The carbonated liquid outlet pipe24- leads from thebottom of the tank (Fig. 5) and communicates with a'cros pipe 25 outside of the tank and provided with a plurality of valved branches 26.

. A diaphragm regulating valve 27 of suitable construction is arranged in the water supply pipe 13 to regulate and control the supply of water to the pump, and this valve isitself automatically operated by the balcon'mmr, or

anced tank through the medium of the ,de-

vices which I will now proceed to describe.

A gas pipe 28 is coupled to the connection" nected' by a pipe 32 withithe diaphragm chamber of the regulating valve." The casing 31 forms part of orais suitablyiconnected with the angle connection 29 and'is provided interiorly with a'chamber' 33 in which the valve 34 operates; This valve is carr ed by astem 35 which is connected a) the balanced I lever 21 on the-same side of itspi'vlot as the balanced tank v1,7. The val-ye 34; has two 3 slightly separated cup leathers 6'a.t it s upthe two upper cup leathers and the lower a circulation of balanced tank.

predetermined level in the 1118.111

cup leather beingof less diameter than the diameter-of the valve chamber 33 tojpermit as or other actuating fluid therethrough. hevalve casing is provided with-an. air inlet passage 38, an outlet pas- 39, an exhaust passage 40, and waste passages 41 and 42 for the upper and lower respectively, of the valve chamber.-

In .fgractice, the tank is supplied with water; y the 2 mp and with s"from a gas tank, meta the water an the gas enter the tankfthrough the distributing pipe 14 and thecurved agitator discharge pipes 16.

The'water-entersthe distributing pipe at cneendand the gas at the other end and the inflow-ofwater or gaswill automatically revolve. the agitator." regulated in? the usual manner a'pressure regulator'in the connection to t e s tank and the water su 1y is r late by the en the iquid is at or above its tank-and balanced tank the latter overvalve-34.7w

come the weight- .and swing thereby moving. the valve 34 to the closed 'tion shown in Fig. -8. When the carbonated liquid is Zthetank. reduced below the predetermined level, as'controlled by. the adjustment of the weight 23 on the balance lever the said weight will. swing the lever and raise the that air and gas which-have accumulated in the top of the tank may flow through .pipe 43 (Fig. 5) and pipe 28 to the reducmgvalve and thence through a'ssage 38 to the valve chamber 33 and out t rough of the counter-balance 23 the port 39 and pipe 32- to the regulating pump.

valve 27' whichis thereby automatically opened; to turn on the water supply to the When the su pl of water in the tank-has been re lenislied the balanced tank will operate the alance lever and close the valve 34. Any pressure remaining in 'the valve chamber 33 will escape through the exhaust passages 40, 41 and 42. The agitator is operated vwhenever the water ows intothe tank and also whenever gas flows into the tank, regardless of 'the level of the water therein, so that a complete carbonation of the water is efiected by an automatic self-acting agitator within the tank. I util- 'izethe air and gas pressure which accumu 'lates'in the top of the tank for operating the water regulating valve and this dispenses with the necessity of blowin oil such pressure. The valve 30 reduces t is pressure to four or five pounds which is suflicient to open the water regulating valve.

A safety valve 44 of suitable construction may be -located in any desired position onthe balance lever 21 on its pivot,-.

drawn off and the level in saaoea My improved carbonator operates entirely automatically "and-the pump isdriven by city pressure. With twenty-five pounds pressure the pump will work against 'one undred and ei htypounds gas pressure, but for-practica purposes the gas pressure should not be more than six times the water I ressure in .order.to secure the most satisactory operation of the pump.

What I claim and desire to, secure by Letters Patent is:

1 In a carbonatin' apparatus, the combination of a tank, a se f-acting agitator within the tank comprising a single'distributing pipe ournaled in hearings in the walls of thetank, curved a :tatingdischarge pipes connected to said istributing pipe and extending outward therefrom, and means for supplying gas and water under pressure to said distributing pipe.

2, In a carbonating apparatus,- the combination of a'tank, a se f-acting agitator within the tank comprising a distributing pi journaled in hearings in the walls of t e tank curved a 'tating dischar e i connected to said g p pes ing outward therefrom, means for ad plystributing pipe and extending water under pressure at one end 0 said distributing pipe, and means for supplyin as under pressure at the other end of sai istributing' ipe.

3, In a car nating apparatus, the combination of a mixing tank, a balancedtank connected therewith, a counter-balance lever pivoted on the mixing tank and carrying said balanced tank, a pump for supplying water to the mixin tank, a supply pipe to .sa d pump, a regu ating valve in said supply pipe, a pipe connection between the top of the mixing tank and said regulating valve to conduct gas pressure from the top of the tank to the valve to operate the latter, and a valve in said connection operated by said counter-balance lever.

4. In a carbonating apparatus" the combination of a mixing tank, a balanced tank connected therewit i,a counter-balance lever pivoted on the mixing tank andv carrying said balanced tank, a pump for supplyin water to the mixing tank, means controll by the pressure of as taken from the .top of i the mixingtank or regulating the operation of the pump, and a valve operated by said balanced leverfor controlling the supply of pressure to the pump regulating means.

5. In a carbonating apparatus, the combination of a mixing tank, a balanced, tank connected therewith, a counter-balance lever pivoted on the mixing tank and carrying.

said balanced tank, a pump for supplying water to the mixing tank, a supply pipe to said pump, a regulat ng valve in said supply p pe, a' pipe connection between the top of fliemixingtuikandsaidregniitingvalve to conduct pressure from the tank to the valve to operate the latter, a reducing valve and a controlling valve in said connection, said controlling valve comprising a casing having a valve chamber therein and an inlet passage, an outlet port, an exhaust port and exhaust passages, the latter communicating with the top and bottom of 1 said valve chamber, a valve operated 'insaid chamber, and a stem carrying said valve and 10 connected to said balanced lever between its pivot and the balanced tank.

CHARLES L. BASTIAN. Witnesses:

L. G. BLEssING, HJALMAR MATHISEN. 

